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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1991

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SENIOR DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS AND POSTINGS ANNOUNCED

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, PRESENTLY SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, WILL SUCCEED MR ERIC HO AS CHAIRMAN OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION IN SUMMER. MR HO WILL RETIRE FROM THE CHAIRMANSHIP.

THE GOVERNMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOWING SENIOR DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS AND POSTINGS WHICH WILL TAKE EFFECT IN THE COMING MONTHS.

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EDUCATION AND

MR YEUNG KAI-YIN, PRESENTLY SECRETARY FOR MANPOWER, WILL SUCCEED MR HAMISH MACLEOD AS SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY;

MR JOHN CHAN CHO-CHAK, PRESENTLY SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, TO BE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER;

MR JAMES SO YIU-CHO, PRESENTLY DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICE, TO BE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE;

MR CHAU TAK-HAY, PRESENTLY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, TO SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY;

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MR DONALD TSANG YAM-KUEN, PRESENTLY DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION IN THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S OFFICE, TO BE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE;

MR HAIDER H.T. BARMA, PRESENTLY DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, TO BE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES;

MR ADOLF HSU HSUNG, PRESENTLY REGIONAL SECRETARY (NBW TERRITORIES) OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES, то THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES;

MR NICHOLAS NG WING-FUI, PRESENTLY SECRETARY GENERAL I STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, TO BE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION IN THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

THE OFFICIALS' BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

MR ERIC НО, СВЕ, JP

AGED 63,

MR HO WAS APPOINTED CHAIRMAN, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION IN MAY 1987, AFTER HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE IN APRIL 1987. DURING MR HO'S CAREER WITH THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE, WHICH STARTED IN 1954, HE HELD A NUMBER OF SENIOR POSITIONS, THE LAST ONE

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BEING SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY. HE HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, AND A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH TEAM ON THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP. HE WAS AWARDED THE CBE IN 1981 FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.

/MR AUGUSTINE CHUI